Foot-rest and shoe-stool



(No Model.)

1?; V. STONE 81; M. A. CAMPBELL.

FOOT BEST AND SHOE STOOL.

No. 483,403. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

paratus.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEFicE.

EREDERioK v. STONE AND MYRON A. CAMPBELL, on ELYRIA, orno.

FOOT-REST AN D 'SHOE-STOO L.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,403, datedSeptember 27,1892.

Application filed November 26, 1888. serial No. 291,939. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK V. STONE and MYRON A. CAMPBELL, citizensof the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Apparatus to beUsed byGustomers and Salesmen in Shoe-Stores in Trying on and Fitting Shoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our apparatus combines an adjustable seat for the salesman and anelastic adjustable foot-rest for the customer so constructed andarranged in relation toeach other as to secure the comfort andconvenience of the customer and greatly facilitate and expedite the workof the salesman and enable him to show the goods to their greatestadvantage.

Our invention is fully illustrated in the ac companying drawings, inwhich- Figure I is a side elevation of the entire ap- Fig. II is adetached view of the adjustable spring upon which the foot-rest ismounted. Figs. Ill and IV represent the device by which the said springis secured to the stationary upright stud or base of the apparatus andby which said springis rendered adjustable. Fig. V is a plan view of theunder side of the salesmans seat, showing the means of adjusting thesame; and Fig. V1 is an end elevation of said seat and its supportingconnections.

Each part of the apparatus is designated by the same letter wherever itappears in the several views.

A suitable base A, Fig. I, which may be socured to the floor, forms thestationary portion of the apparatus. Upon the pivot 2', integral with orsecured on the center of said base A, is pivoted a radial arm B,extending outwardly in an approximately horizontal direction to a properdistance and connecting in any suitable manner with a seat 0. \Ve preferthe form of seat and connections shown in the drawings, in which theradial arm 13 divides at the point It into two downward projections ll,integral with or firmly attached to said arm, which form legs furnishedwith the casters 7c 76, and the upward projection 02, which terminatesin the dovetailed shank or tongue I), Figs. V and VI. Said tongue 6 isset longitudinally in the vertical plane of the arm B and is made to fitin the dovetailed groove a, Fig. V, formed by the parallel metal guidesm m, secured to the under side of the seat 0. Said guides m on, beingbeveled inwardly on the side toward each other, form a dovetailed slotor groove, in which the dovetailed tongue I) fits loosely, thus enablingthe seat C to slide in either direction, toward or from the footrest, tosuit the convenience of the operator.

To and directly over the base A the footrest D is secured upon thecoiled spring E, Fig. I. Said spring is formed as follows: The wire isfirst bent, as seen at c, Fig. II, so as to form two parallel strands,which are coiled in the form of a spiral, as seen at d, with proj ectingends e of proper length. This spring at or near the point e is firmlysecured in any suitable manner to the bottom of the foot-rest D, whilethe ends of the springeare clamped between circular disks or plates f f,Figs. I, III, and IV, which rest upon the end of the arm B, and thepivot i, being adj ustably secured to the latter by the thumb-screw orsetscrew 9 passing through the center of the disks. Said disks are eachflattened upon one side, but are hollowed out or concaved on theiradjacent sides, between which the wires pass, so as not to impinge uponthe wires except at their peripheries, where suitable notches s s areformed to receive the wires. By loosening the thumb-screw g the wires ee may be moved between the disks in either direction and adjusted so asto give the desired degree of rigidity to the spring. The footrest hasthus a free upward and downward movement, with the coils of the spring(1 as a fulcrum, and as said disks f f revolve freely upon the screw gas a pivot the foot-rest can take any desired direction laterally.Entire freedom of movement is thus secured for the foot-rest and thefoot of the person resting upon it, which can always be kept in anatural position, and the shoe being fitted will therefore be keptsmooth and unrumpled. The pivoting of the radial arm B centrally uponthe base A provides for the rotation of the seat 0 entirely around thefoot-rest, thus enabling the salesman to occupy any desired positionreiatively to the customer and according to the direction of the light,850., thus exhibiting the goods to the best advantage.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination of astud or base A, havingrotating disks f f secured to its top, a spring E, adj ustably securedbetween said disks, a foot-rest D, mounted on said spring, With arotating radial arm B, pivoted centrally on said base and having at itsouter end a seat 0, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of abase or stud A,having rotating disks f f securedto its top, a spring E, adjustably secured between said disks, afoot-rest D, mounted on said spring, a rotating radial arm B, pivoted onsaid base and having downwardly-projecting branches forming legs Z Z,and an upward projection at, supporting a seat 0, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of a base A, supporting an adjustablerotatably-mounted spring E, a foot-rest D, mounted on said spring, and arotating radial arm 13, pivoted on said base and carrying at its outerend a seat 0, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the base or stud A, the revolving disks f f,secured by a screw or bolt g to its top, the spring E, clamped betweensaid disks, and a foot-rest D, mounted on said spring, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of the base A, the revolving disks ff, securedthereto, having their contiguous sides concaved or otherwise recessedand provided with notches s s to receive a spring E, adj ustably securedbetween said disks, and a foot-rest D, mounted on said spring,substantially as described.

FRED. V. STONE. MYRON A. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

H. F. WILLsON, E. C. ADAMS.

